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MAPOM,   NEW    YORK 


ORGANIZED.  1821. 


3TJW  TOSKS 

M     T.    TYLER,    PRINTER,    FORTY-FOUB 

1860. 


OFFICERS- 

PASTOR. 

Ret.     H  .    D .     L  0  W  I  N G 


ISAAC    SMITH. 
OLIVER    P.    BURT.    Jun 


CLERK, 

JAMES     M .     BROWN 


TREASURER. 

JAIRUS    BURT 


COX  ST  I  T  CJTION 


ADOPTED  DECEMBER  10,  1858. 


Article  1. — This  Church,  heretofore  known  as  the  Con- 
gregational Church  of  Cold  Spring,  shall  be  known  as 
the  First  Congregational  Church  of  Napoli. 

Article  2. — This  Church  shall  be  an  Independent  Con- 
gregational Church,  and  in  matters  of  doctrine,  order  and 
discipline,  is  amenable  to  no  other  organization,  but  will 
extend  to  other  Evangelical  Churches  and  receive  from 
them  that  fellowship,  advice  and  assistance,  which  the 
laws  oi  Christ  require. 

Article  3. — The  officers  of  this  Church  shall  be  a  Pas- 
tor, two  Deacons,  a  Clerk  and  Treasurer. 

Article  4. — Special  meetings  of  the  Church  may  be 
called  by  the  Pastor  or  Deacons  or  by  any  five  male 
members,  by  giving  public  notice  on  the  Sabbath  previ- 
ous to  the  convening  of  such  me  ting. 

Article  5. — The  annual  meetings  of  this  Church  shall 
be  held  on  the  last  Friday  in  hecember,  in  each  year,  at 
which  all  the  officers  to  be  chosen,  shall  be  elected  by 
ballot,  without  nomination  :  and  all  elections   shall    be 


determined  by   a  majority  of  all  the  members  present, 
and  voting.     All  meetings  shall  be  opened  with  prayer. 

Article  6. — The  Deacons  shall  hold  their  offices  until 
their  successors  are  elected  and  ordained.  By  vote  of  the 
Church,  Deacons  may  be  elected  at  any  annual  meeting 
of  the  Church.  The  Clerk  and  Treasurer  shall  hold  their 
offices  for  one  year,  or  until  their  successors  are  elected. 
Vacancies  may  be  filled  at  any  regular  meeting  of  the 
Church. 

Article  7. — The  observance  of  the  Lord's  Supper  shall 
take  place  on  the  first  Sabbaths  of  January,  April,  July 
and  October  in  each  year,  at  which  all  persons  in  good 
and  regular  standing  in  any  Evangelical  Church  shall  be 
invited  to  participate — excepting  a  slave-holder,  or  any 
one  not  openly  acknowledging  the  sinfulness  of  slavery, 
or  any  persons  who  deal  in,  or  use  intoxicating  liquors 
as  a  beverage — nor  shall  any  such  person  or  persons  as 
excepted  above  be  received  or  continued  members  of  this 
Church.  Nor  shall  any  Minister  known  to  hold  slaves  or 
to  justify  slavery,  be  admitted  to  our  pulpit. 

Article  8. — All  applicants  for  Church  membership 
shall  be  examined  as  to  their  religious  views  and  eviden- 
ces of  Christian  character,  by  a  Committee,  consisting  of 
the  Pastor  and  Deacons,  or  by  the  Church.  Those  ex- 
amined and  approved  by  the  Committee,  shall  be  pro- 
pounded to  the  Church  and  congregation,  at  least  one 
week  before  the  communion,  and  they  shall  become 
members  by  a  vot--  of  the  Church,  and  by  giving  public 
assent  to  the  Articles  of  Faith  and  Covenant.  Members 
in  good  standing  may  obtain  letters  of  dismission  by 
vote  of  the  Church,  at  any  public  meeting,  or  on  the 
S-ibbath.  Such  letters  are  to  be  signed  by  the  Clerk  or 
Pastor. 

Article  9.— The  duty  of  the  statnd  Clerk  shall  b<>  to 
record  the  doings  of  the  business  meetings  of  the  Church, 
and  to  kejp  the  form  of  the  Articles  of  Faith  and  Cove- 
nant, form  of  Admission,  Rules,  &c  ,  recorded  in  a  book. 
Also,  a  Cronolojneal  list  of  its  members,  with  the  time 


of  admission,  dismission,  death.  &c.,  as  marly  as  can  be 
ascertained,  and  to  present  a  report  of  the  state  of  the 
Church  at  the  annual  meeting.  The  Treasurer  shall  re- 
ceive and  disburse  the  funds  of  the  Church  under  its 
direction,  and  make  a  full  report  at  the  annual  meeting. 

Article  10.— The  Pastor  shall  preside  at  the  meetings 
of  the  Church,  and  shall  have  a  casting  vote.  In  his  ab- 
sence the  oldest  Deacon  shall  preside;  but  by  vote  of  the 
Church,  another  minister  or  any  member  of  the  Church 
may  preside,  hut  such  minister  shall  not  vot*\ 

Article  11.— The  Confession  of  Faith  of  the  Presbyte- 
rian Church,  and  the  Assembly's  shorter  Catechism  shall 
be  taken  as  an  embodiment  of  the  substance  of  doctrine 
as  held  by  this  Church:  but  all  persons  admitted  to  this 
Church  shall  publicly  as-ent  to  the  Articles  of  Faith 
appended  to  this  Constitution. 

Article  12. — This  Constitution  or  the  Articles  of 
Faith,  may  be  amended  by  a  vote  of  two  thirds  of  the 
Church  present,  at  any  annual  meeting,  or  at  any  meet- 
ing  called  for  that  purpose,  notice  thereof  and  notice  of 
the  amendment  having  been  given  at  two  public  services 
on  the  preceding  Sabbaths. 


ARTICLES    OF    FAITH, 


Article  1. — We  believe  in  one  God:  the  Creator  and 
Kuler  of  the  Universe,  existing  in  a  divine  and  incom- 
prehensible Trinity —the  Father,  trie  Son  Jesus  Christ  and 
th    Holy  Ghost,  and  possessing  all  divine  perfections. 

Article  2. — We  believe  the  scriptures  of  the  0  d  and 
New   Testaments  to  be  inspired  of  God:  to  contain  a 


revelation  of  His  will,  and  to  be  the  authoratative  nil 
of  faith  and  practice. 


, 


Article  3. — We  believe  in  the  fall  of  our  first  parents, 
and  th  '  consequent  entire  apostacy,  depravity  and  lost 
condition  of  the  human  race. 

Article  4. — We  believe  that  God  so  loved  the  world 
that  He  gave  His  only  begotten  Son  to  'lie  for  it.  That 
Christ  appeared  in  the  flesh— that  He  set  forth  a  perfect 
example  of  obedieuce,  that  He  purely  taught  the  truths 
needful  for  our  salvation — that  He  suffered  in  our  stead, 
the  jut  for  the  unjust,  that  He  died  to  atone  for  our  sins 
and  to  purify  us  therefrom,  and  that  He  arose  from  the 
dead  and  ascended  into  Heaven,  where  He  ever  liveth  to 
make  intercession  for  us. 

Articlk  5.— We  believe  that  God  offers  full  forgive- 
ness and  everlasting  life  to  all  who  -vn  ill  heartily  repent 
and  believe  in  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ,  while  thos"  who  do 
not  believe  but  persevere  in  sin  shall  finally  perish. 

Article  6.— We  believe  in  the  divine  appointment  of 
the  Christian  Sabbath,  and  of  the  Ordinances  of  Baptism, 
and  of  the  Lord's  Supper,  which  Christians  are  under 
solemn  obligation  duly  to  observe. 

Article  7. — We  believe  in  the  resurrection  of  the 
dead,  in  a  final  and  general  judgment,  upon  the  awards 
of  wh'ch  the  wicked  shall  go  into  everlasting  punish- 
ment, and  the  righteous  into  life  eternal. 


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ENANT. 


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Do  you  now  avouch  Th<>  Lord  Jehovah  to  he  your 
God :  Jesus  Christ  to  be  your  Saviour :  The  Holy 
Spirit  to  he  your  Sanctifier?  Do  you.  now  without 
reserve,  give  yourself  away  in  a  covenant,  never  to  be 
revoked — to  be  His  willing  servant  forever— to  receive 
His  word  as  the  rule  of  your  life  ;  and  by  His  Grace 
assisting  vou.  will  you  persevere  in  this  consecration  to 
the  end  ? ' 


COVENANT    WITH    THE    CHURCH. 


Do  you  solemnly  covenant  and  agree  to  study  the 
peace,  purity  and  liberty  of  this  Church  ;  to  love  and 
watch  over  its  members  as  your  brethren  :  to  receive 
from  them  all  needful  care  and  admonition  ?  Will  you 
labor  together  with  us  in  the  maintenance  of  its  public 
worship  and  ordinances — suhmit  to  necessary  discipline, 
and  avoid  all  causes  of  scandal  and  offense  so  long  as 
in  the  Providence  of  God  you  shall  continue  among  us? 

[THE  MEMBERS  OF  THE  CHURCH  HERE  RISE.] 

We.  then,  the  members  of  this  Church,  do  joyfully  and 
cordially  receive  you  to  our  number.  We  promise  to 
bear  with  you,  to  love,  to  edify,  and  by  all  means  in  our 
power  to  advance  you  in  the  divine  life. — Amen. 


10 
PASTORS* 


Rev.  John  Spencer,  (o  s) from  1821  to  1823 

Rev.  Ira  Dunning,  (s  s) from  1823  to  1824 

*****     Pastor, from  1824  to  1826 

Rev.  Wm.  J.  Wilcox,  (p) from  1826  to  1830 

Rev.  Sylvester  Cowles,  (s  s) from  1831  to  1835 

Rev.  S.  G.  Orton,  (e) 1833 

Rev.  Justin  Marsh,  (s  s) from  1835  to  1837 

Rev.  William  Waith,  (s  s) from  1837  to  1840 

Rev.  Wm.  J.  Wilcox,  (s  s) from  1840  to  1841 

Rev.  John  Ingles,  (s  s) from  1841  to  1842 

Rev.  A.  D.  Olds,  (s  s) from  1842  to  1844 

Rev.  Wm.  Goodell,  (s  s) from  1844  to  1845 

Rev.  H.  A.  Taylor,  (s  s) from  1846  to  1850 

Rev.  John  Scott,  (s  s) from  1851  to  1852 

Rev.  C.  H.  Baldwin,  (s  s) from  1852  to  1854 

Rev.  H.  D.  Lowing,  (s  s) from  1856  to 

Rev.  S.  G.  Orton,  (e) 1859 

(o  s)  Occasional  Supply.  (s  s)  Stated  Supply 

(e)  Evangelist.  (p)  Pastor. 


DEACONS* 


Artemus  Houghton, elected  1821 

Sergeant  Morreli .  .  elected  1821 

Elijah  Boardman. elected  1824 

Timothy  Everet, elected  1826 

Sands  Boughton, elected  1 826 

Oliver  P.  Burt elected  1832 

Lansing  P.  Wilcox elected  1845 

Joel  Bassett, elected  1848 

Harvey  Janes elected  1855 

Isaac  Smith, ordained  1859 

Oliver  P.  Burt,  Jun ordained  1859 


MEMBERS 


AT  THE  TIME  OF  THE  ORGANIZATION  OK  fHB  CHURCH. 


Dka.     S  B  R  G  B  AN  T     M  OR  R  E  L  L  , 

DBA.     ARTKMUS     HOUGHTON 


Timothy  Butlbr. 

Wll.UAM    FoY. 

Phtneas  F.  Noble, 
Nun vn  Bennett, 
Harlow  Butleb. 


Clarissa  BUTLER, 
Ruth  Foy. 
Alma  Noble. 
Betsey  Bennett, 
Betsey  Moren. 


Peter  Beardsley 


NAMES    OF    MEMBERS. 


Males.  United. 

Peter  Bearobley,.  . .   1821 

Phineas  F.  Noble 1821 

Roswell  Roberts,..   .1827 
Stephen  Gladden,.  .  .  .1828 

Isaac  Smith 1828 

Oliver  P.  Bibt 1831 

Horace  Hali 1832 

Harvey  Janes 1832 

Oliver  P.  Burt.  Jun.  .1833 

John  Ball 1836 

William  Woodworth,.1838 

Isaac  Newton, 1838 

Silas  Buck 1840 

Salmon  W.  Bearpsley.I**-! 


Males.  Onited. 

Albert  \Y.  Roberts,.  .  1849 

Jatrus  Blrt, 1851 

Myron  Newel.. 1851 

Henry  D.  Lowing,...  .1857 

James  M.  Brown 1857 

S.  Atwood  Nkwei.i 1858 

Harmon  J.  FiSHER 1858 

Lyman  S.  Burt 1858 

Abner  L.  Roberts 1858 

Albert  G.  AVittemore.1858 

Masten  Morreli 1858 

Albert  Bbainabd 1858 

Ebbn  Sibley. 1859 

Bradbury  Bam I860 


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Females.  United. 

Alma  Noble 1821 

Lydia  Hall, 1822 

Rebecca  Merrill,  ....  1822 

Mary  Hall, 1824 

Susan  Burt, 1826 

Mercy  Roberts 1827 

Mercy  Gladden,  ....  1827 
Mariah  Beardsley,.  . .  1827 

Elizabeth  Smith, 1828 

Juliana   Bushnell,  . . .  1830 

Lydia  Hall 1832 

Demma  Janes, 1830 

Sopronia  Morreli 1834 

Fanny  Noble, 183  i 

Mariah  McCollister..  1834 

Sarah  Ball, 1836 

Betsey  Woodworth,  .  .  1838 

Mary  Newton, 1838 

Mary  P.  Brainard,  . . .  1838 
Matilda  Champlin,  . . .  1842 
Sarah  Bushneli 1847 


Females.  United. 

Esther  Buck 1848 

Maky  S.  Gladden. 1848 

Melissa  E.  Roberts,.  .1849 
Sarah  H.  Sibley..  ...  .1849 

Nancy  Newell,. 1851 

Axx  E.  Beardsley,.  .  .1857 

Emma  T.  Burt, 1857 

Lois  Wittemore 1857 

Margaret  Grawfoi:  -  .1857 

Mira  B.Burt 1857 

Nancy  J.  Lowing 1857 

Em: Li'  E.  Newell, 1859 

Hannah  M.  Congden,..  1859 

Ophelia  Sloan, 1859 

Minerva  L.  Sloan.  ...  1859 

C y  \thia  Bennett 1859 

Annette  E.  Wait. 1860 

Carrie  E.  Congden..  ..I860 

Sophia  L.  Wilcox 1860 

Lois  A.  Clark 1860 

Susan  R.  Hazard 1860 


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